Garment hanger



June 12, 1923. 1,458,552

' P. E. SHEE 5 GARMENT HANGER Filed March 31, 1 922 Patented June 12,1923.

one starts PARKE E. SHEE, or nnncasrnn, PENNSYLVANIA; ASSIGNOR (irons-ALF r0 EDWARD I. NQBLE, OF LANCASTER,

PENNSYLVANIA. I

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed March 31, 1922. Serial N0. 548,407.

T 0 all whom-2'2 may concern: Be it known that PARKE E. SHEE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancasterand State of Pennsylvania, has invented new and useful Improvements inGarment Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The present development relates to garment hangers, and is intended foruse with garments of various sorts, although it is herein shown anddescribed in with trousers.

It has for its object to provide a readily constructed hanger which willserve not connection only to support the garment, but, also will imposeupon 1t a transverse stretching 210- tion, which, in the case oftrousers, as well as, other garments, when: this vis desirable, willkeep them, when they are supported by it, in stretched condition so astomaintain them nnwrinkled and preserve a straight neat appearance. Theconstruction is such that a garment is positively gripped, and the partsof the hanger do not enter between the layers or plies of the garment'todistend it, but the layers will be held always in close position andtheir smooth unwrinkled condition preserved.

In the drawings herewith, I have shown one embodiment of my invention,and in said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a garment hanger constructed inaccordance with my invention, a portion of a pair of trousers beingshown engaged by the hanger.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view between the gripping members of theclasp.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 is a detail view to show the spring abutments adjacent the loopof the hanger bar.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the clasp in engagement with the garmenttaken on the line 5-5, Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings by numbers, like numbers indicating like partsin the several views, 10 denotes the body or bar member of the hanger,formed of a single piece of material centrally bent and having itsportions on opposite sidesof the bend crossing and extending in oppositedirections to form a closed integral loop 11. The

bar 10 will be made of wire or rodof proper gauge and temper to carrythe load. At each end of the bar are slidingly similar members havingthe gripping jaws '13 and riveted together,

provided which tends members into the closed full lines in Fig. 3.

it'will' be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the bar passes through therivet members 14 and the spring 15 so that the clasps 12have aireesliding movement on the bar 10, the end 16 of thebar being upset inanysuit able manner so as to from slipping off the bar.

, Theclasps 12 have'free sliding movement position shown in on the bar10, as will be apparent from.

Fig; 1, so that theymay be adjusted from the extreme positions shown indotted lines in Fig. 1 nearer the central 10015 11, and provideadjustment for different widths of garments. It will be noted that therivets afford bearings for the clasps 12 during the pivotal movement ofthe jaw members, and additionally, function as bushings which permitfree sliding. movement of the clips along the bars. I

The clasps 12 are normally urged to their extreme positions on the bar10 by means of the springs 17 which are of sufficient length andresiliency to give considerable endwise thrust to the claspsl12, and,when they are engaged with a garment, as shown in Fig.1, exert asuflicient pull on the garment to maintain it in properly stretchedcondition. At their inner ends. the springs 17 take their bearingsagainst abutmentslS, which abutments, as shown in Fig. 4, are preferablyformed by slipping small sleeves over the ends of the rod before theyare upset at 16 into close relation to the loop, and, if desired,securing them by soldering or other suitable manner. abutments for thesprings 17 so as to prevent the springs from working into and about theloops 11, which would reduce to 'a very considerable extenttheir tensionand the usefulness of the device.

The clasps or clips 12 will be made of proper size, and their springs 15of suflicient strength so that the grip and sustain the load and exertthe oreferablyby the hollow rivet members 1 1, a spring ltibei'ngnormally to urge the prevent the clasps 12 These sleeves form jaws 13will positively mounted the clips'or'clasps 12, made of two i transversestretching pull upon the garment under the action of the springs 17without by gripping the inner plies of the legs of the trousers at theextreme edges so as to exert a proper stretching action, and yet leaveno marks or indentations frornthe jaws 13 on the exterior surface of thegarment.

In order that the garment may be suspended on a hanger pole or othertype, there isconnected with the loop 11 the hook 19 having aloop-engaging eye; a shank mem her, and the large open hook. portion, sothat it will take readily over the hanger pole of a clothes cabinet orcloset.

It will be observed that the construction issu-ch as to provide a hangerwhich will effectively support and stretch the clothes, and that suchhanger is of very narrow width, so that a large number ofhangers maybeused upon a single support, and a maximum number of garments hung. Asappears from Fig. 3, the width of the top of the clasps 12 is themaximum width of the hanger, all of the other parts lying entirelywithinthe transverse area of the clasps 12. Furthermore, the device maybe very readily and. cheaply constructed and assembled because of itssimplicity, and derangement or breakage of theparts are unlikely.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising an intehook loosely engaging said loop,clasps each formed of a pair of spring aws, rivets holding together saidjaws and serving as bearings therefor, said'bar passing. through therivets, springs on said bar tendin to move the clasps outwardly towardthe ends of the bar, the bar having upset ends to limit the movement ofthe clasps and abutment means on said baradjacent said loop for theinner ends of said spring. r

2. A garment hanger comprising an integral bar member, a supporting hookloosely connected to said bar centrally thereof, spring clasps slidablymounted on the baron opposite sides of said hook. each clasp comprisinga pair of jaws, rivets holding together said jaws and serving asbearings therefor, said bar passingthrough the rivets whereby the latterserve as bushingsto facilitate the sliding movement of the clasps, andsprings urging said clasps toward the ends of .saidbar, the bar havingupset ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PARKE E. SHEE.

